CONNECTICUT SURVEY of 550 likely voters

Wednesday-Thursday September 13-14, 2006

1* If the election for United States Senator were held today, would you vote for Independent Joseph Lieberman, Democrat Ned Lamont or Republican Alan Schlesinger?

45% Lieberman

43% Lamont

5% Schlesinger

3% some other candidate

3% not sure

2*Now… thinking about the election for Governor, if the election for governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Jodi Rell or Democrat John DeStefano, Jr.?

60% Rell

32% DeStefano, Jr.

2% some other candidate

6% not sure

3* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of:

	Lieberman	Lamont	Schlesinger	Rell	DeStefano
Very favorable	28%	22%	3%	40%	14%
Somewhat favorable	29%	29%	19%	35%	34%
Somewhat unfavorable	22%	22%	27%	16%	22%
Very unfavorable	19%	23%	26%	8%	17%
Not sure	1%	3%	24%	2%	14%

4*In terms of how you will vote this November, which of the following issues is most important… the economy, immigration, government corruption, national security, the War in Iraq, same-sex marriage, or some other issue?

25% the economy

11% immigration

8% government corruption

21% national security

24% the War in Iraq

2% same-sex marriage

4% some other issue

4% not sure

5* I’m going to read you a short list of issues. For each, please let me know which political party you trust more to handle that issue. First, national security. Which political party do you trust more on the handling of national security—Republicans or Democrats?

43% Republicans

44% Democrats

12% not sure

6*Fine…the War in Iraq…Which party do you trust more on the War in Iraq?

37% Republicans

52% Democrats

12% not sure

7* Okay… the economy. Which political party do you trust more on the handling of the economy—Republicans or Democrats?

34% Republicans

57% Democrats

9% not sure

8* Great…immigration. Which political party do you trust more on the immigration issue?

33% Republicans

46% Democrats

21% not sure

9*Okay…taxes. Which political party do you trust more on taxes?

36% Republicans

51% Democrats

12% not sure

10*Fine…Is the War in Iraq part of the war on terror or is it a distraction from the War on Terror?

42% Iraq part of War on Terror

51% distraction

7% not sure

11*Great…which is more important in terms of deciding how you will vote…a candidates political party or their individual character?

9% political party

85% character

6% not sure

12*Okay….how often do you discuss politics and current events with family, friends and neighbors?

5% rarely or never

19% occasionally

20% about once a week

30% several times a week

26% every day or nearly every day

1% not sure

13*Have you ever met your representative in Congress?

37% yes

59% no

4% not sure

14* How would you rate the job George W. Bush has been doing as President… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

22% strongly approve

20% somewhat approve

10% somewhat disapprove

48% strongly disapprove

1% not sure

14* How would you rate the job Jodi Rell has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

40% strongly approve

35% somewhat approve

16% somewhat disapprove

7% strongly disapprove

2% not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.